Global risk factor rankings: The importance of age-based health loss inequities caused by alcohol and other risk factors

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Shield, Kevin D ^a,b   Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b,c,d  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Disability Adjusted Life Years; Global Burden of Disease; Health equity; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNCERTAINTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; THINNESS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 85018154798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1207-8     Document Type: Article

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